27/03/2001
ANIMO SOFTWARE PRODUCES OSCAR WINNER
Michael Dudok de Wit’s animated film ‘Father and Daughter’ (pictured) which used Animo technology has won an Oscar for Best Animated Short.
The visuals, which have a traditional charcoal-and-pencil l

27/03/2001
AVID COLLABORATE WITH LIVEPLANET
AVID Technology, have announced that they are collaborating with LivePlanet, the integrated media entertainment company founded by actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, and producers Chris Moore and Sean

27/03/2001
BBC LAUNCH £253M SPRING & SUMMER SCHEDULE
THE BBC have launched a £253 million spring programme schedule that will see top names from sport and drama joining forces to give viewers a better selection of programmes this year.
New programmes w

27/03/2001
FRAMESTORE APPOINTS NEW CHAIRMAN
JOHN Spearman, the founding chief executive of Classic FM and an advisory director with Electra Partners, is to take on a strategic role as chairman at the FrameStore Group.
The FrameStore Group is a

27/03/2001
NEW MUSIC LIBRARY FROM DIRECTORS CUTS
EXTREME Music, a UK based production company, has joined forces with Media Ventures Entertainment Group, to create a new film score production music library christened Directors Cuts.
The launch of D

27/03/2001
RTE PROMOS GET FOUR NOMINATIONS
RTE programme promotions have been nominated in four categories in the Promax Europe awards.
Promax is an international festival, the Oscars equivalent in the promo world, and RTE were nominated in

27/03/2001
TASTY COMMISSION FOR TWO FOUR PRODUCTIONS
TWO Four Productions have been commissioned by Taste/CFN, formerly Carlton Food Network, to produce ‘Brand Leaders’ - a new series tracing the history of leading food and drink products.
Based in the

26/03/2001
BRITS DRESS TOP OSCAR SUCCESS
RIDLEY Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ may have scooped five awards but the British director failed to pick up best director award in a night of disappointment for the British industry.
However, the epic, filmed

26/03/2001
FILMMAKERS RECEIVE HTV TRAINING AWARDS
TWO filmmakers given awards as part of HTV's training policy to invest in and develop talent in the region have used the funds to increase their skills.
Through Bristol-based independent production c

26/03/2001
FRAMESTORE TUNE IN TO XFM COMMERCIAL
FRAMESTORE’S latest commercial for XFM currently being screened, is designed to make people aware that although the music may not be soft, the station is not intimidating.
Working with production com

26/03/2001
GENEX SCORES BIG AT OSCARS
GENEX hi-resolution digital audio recorders have been used during the production of many of this year’s Oscar nominated movies.
Supplied by LA digital audio equipment rental company DMT Rentals, Gene

26/03/2001
MERLIN SIGN CONTRACT WITH CNBC EUROPE
MERLIN Communications International have signed a contract with global 24-hour business and financial news network CNBC Europe to distribute programming to audiences in Europe from their London Studio

26/03/2001
PICARDY NAMED IN TOP TEN POST FACILITIES
FOR the seventh consecutive year, Picardy Media Group have been named as one of the Top Ten regional post-production companies in the UK.
Picardy are the only Scottish firm to feature in the Top Ten

26/03/2001
RTE SMOOTH PATH TO REORGANISATION
IN response to a recent reorganisation within RTE, the Irish State broadcaster have announced the opening of a Staff Development Centre.
A new concept in Irish business the Staff Development Centre a

26/03/2001
RUSHES SOHO SHORTS FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES
RUSHES have made a call for entries for the third Rushes Soho Shorts Festival to be held between July 28 to August 3, 2001.
With the closing date for entries set for May 7, 2001, arrangements are wel

23/03/2001
ANIMATOR HEDLEY GRIFFIN USES CAMBRIDGE SOFTWARE
BRITISH animator Hedley Griffin has embarked on a new series of ‘Furry Tales’ short films with the help of Cambridge Animation Systems’ Animo 2D animation software.
Griffin, well known for his work o

23/03/2001
DIGITAL PROJECTION SUPPORT PRODUCTION SHOW
AT this year’s Production Show, Digital Projection Display Technology were selected for two of the exhibition’s main seminar rooms.
This marks the third consecutive year Digital Projection has provid

23/03/2001
EYRE UNEXPECTEDLY QUITS RTL GROUP
RTL Group, Europe’s leading broadcast and content company, have announced that Richard Eyre, Director of Strategy and Content, and an Executive Director of the board of RTL Group, will be leaving at t

23/03/2001
GRANADA RENEW NORTH WEST ITV LICENCE
GRANADA Television have confirmed that they will apply to renew their ITV licence for the North West of England for a further ten years from April 2001.
The decision follows the ITC’s announcement of

23/03/2001
LANGSDALE APPOINTED HEAD OF BBC TECHNOLOGY
PHILIP Langsdale, currently Director of BBC Distribution and Technology has been appointed Chief Executive of recently approved subsidiary company BBC Technology Limited.
Langsdale’s decision to focu

23/03/2001
MAXON RELEASE CINEMA 4D XL 7 AT CEBIT
AT the CeBIT conference in Hanover, Maxon Computer demonstrated Release 7 of CINEMA 4D XL.
Features shown for the first time included radiosity, caustics and multipass rendering. Radiosity is an adva

23/03/2001
MCMILLAN APPOINTED AS ALIAS|WAVEFRONT RESELLER
MCMILLAN, one of the UK's leading audio visual and production equipment suppliers, have been appointed as new resellers for Alias|Wavefront, an SGI company.
McMillan will represent Alias|Wavefront's

23/03/2001
PICARDY ANNOUNCE INTENTION TO FLOAT
PICARDY Media Group have announced their intention to seek admission to trading on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange.
Iain Hogg, Managing Director of Picardy, comme

23/03/2001
SSL PROVIDE SEVENTH CONSOLE TO EMPC
EGYPTIAN Media Production City (EMPC) on the outskirts of Cairo have again turned to Oxford-based SSL for the next phase of their project ‘Hollywood on the Nile’.
EMPC have already installed four SL

22/03/2001
ADOBE ANNOUNCE DV SUPPORT IN PREMIERE 6
ADOBE Systems Incorporated, one of the leaders in network publishing, have announced that Adobe Premiere 6.0 will support real-time digital video (DV) editing on the Macintosh platform.
Adobe Premier